Initial conservative management strategy of HeartWare left ventricular assist device thrombosis with intravenous heparin or bivalirudin.

CONCLUSION: Left ventricular assist device thrombosis is a serious life-threatening complication; hence, we propose an initial conservative management of pump thrombosis with enhanced intravenous anticoagulation with either intravenous heparin or bivalirudin, with surgery reserved for refractory cases.
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Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - December 29, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Bouzas-Cruz N, Gonzalez-Fernandez O, Ferrera-Durán C, Woods A, Robinson-Smith N, Tovey S, Jungschleger J, Booth K, Shah A, Parry G, MacGowan GA, Schueler S Tags: Int J Artif Organs Source Type: research